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Clean Air Task Force: call to push implementation, investment and innovation at COP31 in Antalya

Clean Air Task Force (CATF) said on 15 October 2026 that it will send a team of experts to the 31^st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye, which runs from 9 to 20 November. It wants world leaders to move from pledges to delivery: faster clean energy rollout, methane cuts…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Decarbonisation , Financing & funding, …
• Article # 457511
• Published on 16/10/26 at 18:00

State of Biodiversity Action: "We remain off track to meet our collective goals" (I. Andersen, UNEP)

"The new global report, State of Biodiversity Action, reveals a sobering truth - we remain off track to meet our collective goals" in implementing the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, said Inger Andersen, Under-Secretary-General of the UN and Executive Director of the UN Environment…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Conservation and preservation, Biodiversity
• Article # 457457
• Published on 16/10/26 at 17:00

Biodiversity/Finance: GEF puts GEF-9 and blended finance at the centre of its COP17 pitch in Yerevan

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) announced on 15 October 2026 that it will use the 17^th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) to demonstrate that closing the nature finance gap requires new partnerships and blended finance tools. The meeting, running from…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Conservation and preservation, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 457460
• Published on 16/10/26 at 15:00

MFF, competitiveness, energy, ETS: Roberta Metsola’s warning to the European Council

"We cannot agree on Europe's ambitions and then cut the means to achieve them. The bridge to agreement must include new own resources. New options must be explored to take the pressure off national budgets and to ensure we do not pass the bill to future generations. Parliament will be a partner to…

Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 457400
• Published on 16/10/26 at 14:04

“We could do in two years with AI models what usually takes ten years of science” (F.Pappenberger, ECMWF)

“We were able to do in two years with AI models what usually takes ten years of science,” stated Florian Pappenberger, Director-General of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), on 12 October 2026. Speaking to News Tank at Brussels Climate Week, Pappenberger reflected…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, International bodies, …
• Article # 457039
• Published on 16/10/26 at 12:00

E-waste: 12.3kg per person collected in the EU in 2024; 32.4kg of new products put on the market

In 2024, 12.3 kg of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE, or e-waste) was collected per person in the EU. By comparison, 32.4 kg per person of new electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), such as household appliances, smartphones and computers, was placed on the EU market the same…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Circularity, Production / Construction, …
• Article # 457323
• Published on 15/10/26 at 18:20

EIB: a €67M loan agreement to the Asturias water consortium to upgrade and expand water infrastructure

The European Investment Bank and the Asturias water consortium have signed a €67M loan agreement to upgrade water infrastructure in the Spanish Autonomous Community, during a ceremony held in Luxembourg on 13 October 2026. It will help to support measures, such as new pumping stations to boost…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, National bodies, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 457310
• Published on 15/10/26 at 17:00

CAN Europe: Europe’s energy transition could deliver €826 billion a year by 2030

Energy-saving measures could generate more than €826Bn in monetised co-benefits every year by 2030, rising to nearly €2 000Bn annually by 2050, according to a CAN Europe and Plan4Climate coalition report, released on 13 October 2026. “Climate action does not mean only cutting emissions. [...…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Climate adaptation & resilience, Skills & Employment, …
• Article # 457248
• Published on 15/10/26 at 14:00

"Climate adaptation will make desalination essential" (Adrien de Saint-Germain, Veolia)

"Adapting to climate change will make desalination an essential part of the solutions for conserving water. Historically, the first desalination plants were built in the arid, energy-rich Gulf states in the 1970s, and Veolia has a strong presence there, as demonstrated by the memorandum of…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, Producers, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 457281
• Published on 15/10/26 at 12:31

Nature restoration plan: “For the first time, France has a genuine nature restoration policy” (MTE)

"For the first time, France is adopting a genuine nature restoration policy. The plan will set out, at national level, the objectives of the European regulation, which aims to restore the health of ecosystems and sustainably strengthen the resilience of regions to climate change”, stated the…

Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials, National bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 457266
• Published on 15/10/26 at 11:00